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Alphabet Soup Love
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The letters floating in a bowl of alphabet soup are interpreted as human relationships.
dreamy singersongwriter folk rock neofolk soft rock mystical
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Michael Dyer is a singer-songwriter whose songs contain well-crafted lyrics and multi-instrument arrangements. He is a master guitarist and his songs are about
I am a singer song-writer who has written folk-rock, soft blues and soft-rock songs for many years, mostly to maintain my own sanity. Then, in 2006 I discovered music editing software and the joy of DIY music production. The result is that, in 2007, I produced 3 CDs () and in 2008 (so far) I have produced 2 CDs (). I perform all vocals/harmonies and instruments (guitar rhythm/picking/lead, bass, keyboards, didgeridoo, harmonica) and produce percussion through careful use of drum loops. I have also composed some classical music for solo piano and also for solo guitar. The music and score of my solo guitar piece "Hummingbird in Flight" can be accessed at my web page (http://michaeldyermusic.com). That piece contains very rapid, chromatic finger movements and is reminiscent of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee" but my real love is composing and arranging folk/rock/blues/pop songs. I am also a glass blower on the side and so my glass creations tend to appear on the front/back covers of some of my CDs. My CDs are available at CDBaby.com, iTunes, Amazon.com and other web sites.
Song Info
Genre
Pop • Indie Pop
Charts
#11,524 today Peak #243
#1,187 in subgenre Peak #36
Author
Michael Dyer
Rights
2007
Uploaded
May 18, 2008
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MP3 4.2 MB • 128 kbps • 4:34
Story behind the song
I had some musical ideas worked out but no lyrics. A few days later I was having some soup and I remembered my mother serving us alphabet soup when we were kids. In that moment I knew what the song was going to be about.
Lyrics
In my alphabet soup, the letter "I" is a distant sigh from the letter "U". Oh my, and when the "X" appears, It's so complex; so hard to untie. The letter "A" started our craze, in so many ways, But letter "Z" has overtaken me, and when letter "Y gives no reply, I wanna die. When letter "Q" questions the "U" about cheating with "H", "I", "M", There's nothing to do. What came to be of the letters: "L", "O", "V", "E"? What came to be, of the letters: "L", "O", "V", "E", "R", "S"? Who can guess? They can't be found, even by the shivering "C". Can't be found, even by the drifting "D". On the road, when there's a "T", You gotta choose; you just can't snooze. And when you see "N" next to "O", then you know, You've gotta go, 'Cause the be in "L", "O", "V", "E" is gone. 'Cause the "B" in "L", "O", "V", "E" is Gone. What R we but letters, floating in a soup? That twist and swirl, splash and loop, Back on ourselves, Then back on our shelves. What came to be of the letters: "L", "O", "V", "E"? What came to B, among the As and Zs, of the letters: "L", "O", "V" ...
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